Probe cryo 1150mm endo flex ster disp at UPMC Hamot

201 State Street, Erie, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1487647590

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$6,346.80

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$10,578.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$859.47 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $6,028.80 with InterGroup — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $859.47 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 $1,130.40 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial $1,884.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,260.80 ↓ -64%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $2,260.80 ↓ -64%
Univera Commercial $2,486.88 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,597.10 ↓ -59%
BCBS of Western NY Commercial $2,637.60 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,773.25 ↓ -56%
Cigna EBR $3,014.40 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial $3,014.40 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare $3,014.40 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,425.11 ↓ -46%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,768.00 ↓ -41%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $4,144.80 ↓ -35%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4,144.80 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $4,155.32 ↓ -35%
InterGroup Health Coalition Partners/PPO $4,898.40 ↓ -23%
Aetna AXA/MMO $5,275.20 ↓ -17%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $5,275.20 ↓ -17%
Multiplan Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) $6,028.80 ↓ -5%
InterGroup Beech Street $6,028.80 ↓ -5%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Probe cryo 1150mm endo flex ster disp at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $7,821.60 $859.47 – $4,862.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,250.20 $742.13 – $4,604.45
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,250.20 $1,078.00 – $4,685.24
UPMC East Monroeville $5,895.60 $867.66 – $4,685.24
UPMC Lititz Lititz $3,250.20 $239.19 – $4,685.24
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $5,107.80 $263.11 – $4,685.24
UPMC Memorial York $3,250.20 $239.19 – $4,685.24
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $19,032.60 $859.47 – $3,699.67

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